Tigris River

E-Kurd - 2017-07-07 14:31 MOSUL,— Iraq’s prime minister on Tuesday congratulated his fighters on “the big victory in Mosul” – even as fighting with Islamic State militants continued in Mosul’s Old City neighborhood where Iraqi forces are about 250 meters from the Tigris River and ... 13

BAS News - 2017-05-24 01:39 ISTANBUL — Italy has deployed 500 troops to Iraq to protect the 13-kilometer-long dam on the Tigris River, which is being repaired by an Italian company. The elite 6th Bersaglieri regiment is the first Italian force with a mission to combat IS militants ... 46

Reuters - 2017-05-23 14:52BAGHDAD (Reuters) - Iraqi military engineers installed a new floating bridge across the Tigris river on Wednesday, reconnecting the two halves of Mosul to facilitate troop deployments ahead of a final assault to dislodge Islamic State. ... 52

BAS News - 2017-04-18 22:33 ISTANBUL — A new pontoon bridge built by the Iraqi army in Mosul was opened today. Due to damages caused by the international coalition forces, the four permanent bridges over the Tigris river had been rendered unusable. Pontoon bridges were built to all ... 9

Reuters - 2017-04-18 17:07MOSUL (Reuters) - Iraqi's army has built a new pontoon bridge over the Tigris river south of Mosul, after flooding had blocked all crossing points, opening an escape route for families fleeing fighting between government forces and Islamic State. ... 3

BAS News - 2017-04-16 20:26 People are crossing the river by boats ISTANBUL — Mosul’s permanent bridges over the Tigris river having been damaged by the international coalition forces, two temporary bridges built in their place are now also rendered unusable due to the latest flood ... 6

Reuters - 2017-03-27 22:48BADUSH, Iraq (Reuters) - Islamic State fighters have pulled out of this deserted village on the Tigris river, which Iraqi commanders say was a crucial outpost defending their nearby stronghold of Mosul, but signs of their presence abound. ... 1

E-Kurd - 2017-03-20 00:15 MOSUL,— Iraqi forces battling Islamic State faced tough resistance from snipers and mortar rounds on Monday as they tried to advance on Mosul’s Old City and a bridge across the Tigris river in their campaign to retake the western part of the city. Progre ...

E-Kurd - 2017-03-20 00:15 MOSUL,— Iraqi government forces battling Islamic State for Mosul took control of a main bridge over the Tigris river on Wednesday and advanced towards the mosque where the group’s leader declared a caliphate in 2014, federal police said. The seizure of t ... 4

BAS News - 2017-03-14 22:27 MOSUL — Iraqi forces killed an Islamic State (Is) commander in the Old City of Mosul on Tuesday, as the government forces continue to advance towards a bridge crossing the Tigris River. Following a series of heavy clashes between the IS militants and the ...

Reuters - 2017-03-14 10:35MOSUL (Reuters) - Iraqi troops battled Islamic State fighters for control of a bridge over the River Tigris in Mosul on Tuesday as civilians streamed out of recaptured western neighborhoods, cold, wet and hungry but relieved to be free of the militants' g ... 1

Reuters - 2017-03-13 12:58MOSUL (Reuters) - Iraqi forces battling Islamic State faced tough resistance from snipers and mortar rounds on Monday as they tried to advance on Mosul's Old City and a bridge across the Tigris river in their campaign to retake the western part of the cit ... 7

BAS News - 2017-03-06 10:17 Al-Hurriya bridge is the second to be liberated in Mosul MOSUL — Iraqi forces on Monday managed to take over al-Hurriya bridge across the Tigris River in Mosul, leading to the center of the city which is still held by the Islamic State (IS) group. The Ir ... 1

E-Kurd - 2017-03-04 10:55 MOSUL,— Iraqi forces seized a damaged Mosul bridge on Monday which could link up their units on either side of the Tigris river, as thousands of civilians fled the fighting for Islamic State’s remaining stronghold in the west of the city. U.S.-backed arm ...

BAS News - 2017-02-28 16:24 It will allow the Iraqi forces to send supplies from the east into the west MOSUL — Engineers have started the installation of a floating bridge that will connect east and west Mosul, and allow the Iraqi forces to enter the western areas of the city easi ... 2

Reuters - 2017-02-27 13:30SOUTH OF MOSUL, Iraq (Reuters) - Iraqi forces seized a damaged Mosul bridge on Monday which could link up their units on either side of the Tigris river, as thousands of civilians fled the fighting for Islamic State's remaining stronghold in the west of t ...

Reuters - 2017-02-05 12:30MOSUL (Reuters) - As a walkie-talkie carried word of another casualty from an Islamic State mortar attack, an Iraqi policeman peered through leaves at enemy positions just across the Tigris River. He kept his head low to avoid snipers but also had an eye ... 1

BAS News - 2017-01-31 19:52 LEEDS — Iraqi Air Forces have managed to strike six boats and three ferries, belonging to the Islamic State (IS) in Badush area of northern Mosul, military intelligence directorate said in a statement released on Monday. The airstrike has hit the IS wate ...

Aranews - 2017-01-21 22:22ARA News Erbil – The US-led coalition struck 90 watercraft and three barges on the Tigris River that ISIS was trying to use to flee eastern Mosul. “Many of these watercraft were being used to ferry ISIS fighters and equipment across the Tigris River from ... 1

Waar Media - 2017-01-19 19:32Shepherds herd blackened flocks through the Iraqi desert. Locals cough and wheeze under vast clouds of smoke, and NASA images show oil threatening to encroach on the Tigris River, a major water source. Lit by Islamic State as they fled Iraqi forces in Aug ... 1

KurdPress - 2017-01-19 08:55 Iraqi Counter-Terrorism Forces have announced the complete liberation of eastern Mosul – the left bank of the Tigris River – from Islamic State (IS) on Wednesday, January 18. ... 1

Reuters - 2017-01-18 12:32BAGHDAD (Reuters) - Iraqi army units advanced further into northeastern Mosul on Wednesday, pushing back Islamic State as they fought for the few districts still held by militants east of the Tigris river, a military statement said. ...

Reuters - 2017-01-17 12:22BAGHDAD (Reuters) - Iraqi special forces pushed into a pocket of Islamic State-held territory in eastern Mosul on Tuesday, the military said, seeking to recapture the remaining districts under the group's control east of the Tigris river. ...

E-Kurd - 2017-01-17 05:22MOSUL,— Iraqi special forces pushed into a new district in Mosul near the Tigris river and battled Islamic State militants there on Monday, bringing them closer to recapturing the east of the city. The clashes took place in the Shurta district, a Reuters ...

Waar Media - 2017-01-16 14:25Waar, Duhok: Iraqi special forces pushed into a new district in Mosul near the Tigris river and battled Islamic State militants there on Monday, bringing them closer to recapturing the east of the city. The clashes took place in the Shurta district, a Reu ...

Reuters - 2017-01-16 11:26MOSUL, Iraq (Reuters) - Iraqi special forces pushed into a new district in Mosul near the Tigris river and battled Islamic State militants there on Monday, bringing them closer to recapturing the east of the city. ...

E-Kurd - 2017-01-14 11:23MOSUL,— Iraqi special forces stormed the Mosul University complex in the city’s northeast on Friday and pushed Islamic State further back to reach another bridge across the Tigris river, the military said. The militants were fighting back at the universit ... 1

E-Kurd - 2017-01-11 17:22MOSUL,— Iraqi special forces closed in on the Tigris river that runs through central Mosul on Saturday, advancing in parallel with other troops and forcing Islamic State to retreat in its last major stronghold in the country. Islamic State has been driven ...

E-Kurd - 2017-01-11 17:22BAGHDAD,— Iraqi special forces made further advances against Islamic State in Mosul on Monday, pushing militants out of another district a day after driving them back to the eastern bank of the Tigris river, a spokesman said. The elite counter-terrorism s ...

Reuters - 2017-01-11 13:04MOSUL, Iraq (Reuters) - Iraqi forces made new advances against Islamic State in east Mosul and fought the militants in areas near the Tigris river on Wednesday, seeking to build on recent gains, military officials said. ... 1

Reuters - 2017-01-09 13:15BAGHDAD (Reuters) - Iraqi special forces made further advances against Islamic State in Mosul on Monday, pushing militants out of another district a day after driving them back to the eastern bank of the Tigris river, a spokesman said. ... 1

Reuters - 2017-01-08 15:35BAGHDAD (Reuters) - Iraqi special forces reached the eastern bank of the Tigris in Mosul on Sunday for the first time in a U.S.-backed operation to drive Islamic State militants out of the city, a spokesman said. ...

Aranews - 2017-01-08 01:27Iraqi forces closed in on the river that runs through central Mosul on Saturday in advances against ISIS that have gathered pace thanks to new tactics and better coordination, a counter-terrorism spokesman said. Advances in recent days, including Saturday ...

Reuters - 2017-01-07 11:37BARTELLA, Iraq (Reuters) - Iraqi forces closed in on the river that runs through central Mosul on Saturday in advances against Islamic State that have gathered pace thanks to new tactics and better coordination, a counter-terrorism spokesman said. ...

Waar Media - 2017-01-06 01:10Waar, Duhok: The collapse of the 13 kilometer long Mosul Dam on the Tigris River in northern Iraq is just a “matter of time”, engineers and other experts have warned. The collapse of the dam could leave 1.5 million people dead and millions more as far awa ...

E-Kurd - 2016-12-01 09:59BAGHDAD,— U.S. forces backing an Iraqi army campaign against Islamic State in Mosul carried out an air strike on a bridge spanning the Tigris river, restricting militant movements between western and eastern parts of the city, a U.S. official said on Tues ...

E-Kurd - 2016-11-20 21:16QAYYARA, Iraq,— Iraqi forces have dislodged Islamic State from one third of the eastern side of Mosul, an interior ministry spokesman said on Tuesday, four weeks into the U.S-backed campaign to take back the city. The Tigris river divides Mosul into easte ... 4

ANHA - 2016-11-19 10:57In a new provocative step, the Turkish occupation is digging a new riverbed of the Tigris River thus submerging around 1,000 acres, bordering villages residents have appealed to humanitarian organizations to stop the Turkish aggression. ... 1

E-Kurd - 2016-11-03 03:04GENEVA,— Islamic State militants killed 40 former members of the Iraqi Security Forces near Mosul on Saturday and threw their bodies in the Tigris river, U.N. human rights spokeswoman Ravina Shamdasani said on Tuesday, citing reports from the field. IS al ... 2

BasNews - 2016-08-02 18:08 IS militants have opened an oil pipe in the Tigris River to pollute its water ERBIL — A military source from the leadership of Nineveh operations said on Tuesday that the Islamic State (IS) has opened an oil pipe to let the oil flow into the Tigris River ...

BasNews - 2016-06-27 14:38 The airstrikes killed about 10 IS militants and destroyed 3 vehicles GAYARA - A source from Nineveh police said that the international coalition's warplanes targeted Islamic State (IS) positions on Sunday, June 27 on eastern side of the Tigris river on a ...

ANF - 2016-02-19 16:22More evidence on Cizre massacre has emerged on the banks of the Tigris River today. Body parts belonging to the people massacred in the basements of savagery were dumped along the riverside. ... 3

Kurd Press - 2015-12-05 00:08 Sur is the 7,000-year-old historic district of the southeast Anatolian city of Diyarbakir. Its well-preserved Roman fortifications bear the marks of several civilizations that came to life by the banks of the Tigris River. Inside the historic walls are m ...

BasNews - 2015-01-24 04:35ERBIL The chancellor of the Kurdistan Region Security Council, Masrour Barzani said in a Wednesday press conference that the Peshmerga’s operation against Islamic State (IS) militants to the east and west of the Tigris river in Nineveh province was a succ ...

ANF - 2014-06-29 14:42The ancient town of Hasankeyf on the river Tigris is facing oblivion as the Ilısu dam project nears completion.
80% of the Ilısu dam construction has been completed.
Since 200 tumuli by the rive ...

ANF - 2014-02-24 16:04Election fever has gripped the ancient town of Hasankeyf on the upper Tigris river, renowned for its bridge, caves and a history going back 12 thousand years. The town, writes Bilal Güldem (Diha) ...

The Kurdish news search engine of Rojname.com is publishing content of mostly Kurdish news-feeds with link to the source for 15 years. Rojname is not responsible for the content of any externally linked website or webpage. Tweets and other social media entries are not endorsements. Contact us! |
Suggest a website!